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Vditor
Easy-to-use Markdown editor, born to adapt to different application scenarios

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💡 Introduction

Vditor is a browser-side Markdown editor, Support WYSIWYG, instant rendering (similar to Typora) and split-screen preview mode. It is implemented using TypeScript and supports native JavaScript and frameworks such as Vue, React, Angular, and Svelte..

Welcome to Vditor Official Site to learn more.

🗺️ Background

With the popularization of Markdown typesetting methods, more and more applications begin to integrate the Markdown editor. The current status of mainstream integrable Markdown editors is as follows:

  • Some only support split-screen preview, that is, the editing area and preview area are separated
  • Some support WYSIWYG and split-screen previews at the same time, but they cannot fully support Markdown syntax typesetting in WYSIWYG mode
  • There is almost no instant rendering similar to Typora

These three points correspond to three application scenarios:

  • Split screen preview: adapt to the traditional Markdown usage scene, suitable for editing and typesetting on a large screen
  • WYSIWYG: Friendly to users who are not familiar with Markdown, users who are familiar with Markdown can also use it seamlessly
  • Instant rendering: In theory, this is the most elegant Markdown editing method, allowing users familiar with Markdown to focus more on content creation

Therefore, a Markdown editor that can adapt to application scenarios is essential, it needs to consider:

  • Use scenes of traditional Markdown users, providing split screen preview
  • Rich text editing users' usage scenarios, providing WYSIWYG
  • High-end Markdown users' use scenes, providing instant rendering

Vditor has made efforts in these areas, hoping to make some contributions to the modern general Markdown editing field.

✨ Features

  • Support three editing modes: WYSIWYG(wysiwyg), Instant Rendering(ir) and Split View(sv)
  • Support outline, mathematical formulas, mind maps, charts, flowcharts, Gantt charts, timing charts, staffs, multimedia, voice reading, heading anchors, code highlighting and copying, graphviz rendering
  • Export, image lazy loading, task list, multi-platform preview, multi-theme switching, copy to WeChat/zhihu function
  • Implementation of CommonMark and GFM specifications, formatting and syntax tree viewing of Markdown, and support for 10+ configurations
  • The toolbar contains 36+ items of operations. In addition to support for expansion, the shortcut keys, tip, tip positions, icons, click events, class names, and sub-toolbars can be customized
  • Extend auto-complete for emoji/@/# and so on
  • You can use drag and drop, paste and paste to upload, display real-time upload progress, support CORS cross-domain upload
  • Save content in real time to prevent accidental loss
  • Recording support, users can directly publish voice
  • The markup HTML is automatically converted to Markdown, if the paste contains images of external links, it can be uploaded to the server through the specified interface
  • Support main window size drag and drop, character counting
  • Multi-theme support, built-in black, white and green three sets of themes
  • Multi-language support, built-in Chinese, English, Korean text localization
  • Support mainstream browsers, mobile friendly

editor.png

preview.png

🔮 Editing Modes

WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG mode is more friendly to users who are not familiar with Markdown, and you can use it seamlessly if you are familiar with Markdown.

vditor-wysiwyg

Instant Rendering

Instant Rendering mode should not be unfamiliar to users who are familiar with Typora. In theory, this is the most elegant Markdown editing method.

vditor-ir

Split View

The traditional Split View mode is suitable for Markdown editing on a large screen.

vditor-sv

🍱 Syntax support

  • All CommonMark syntax: Thematic breaks, ATX headings, Setext headings, Indented code blocks, Fenced code blocks, HTML blocks, Link reference definitions, Paragraphs, Block quotes, Lists, Backslash escapes, Entity and numeric character references, Code spans, Emphasis and strong emphasis, Links, Images, Raw HTML, Hard line breaks, Soft line breaks, and Textual content.
  • All GFM syntax: Tables, Task list items, Strikethrough, Autolinks, XSS filtering
  • Common Markdown extended syntax: Footnotes, ToC, Custom Heading ID
  • Chart syntax
    • Flow chart, sequence diagram, Gantt chart, supported by Mermaid
    • Graphviz
    • Line chart, pie chart, brain chart, etc., supported by ECharts
  • Stave: supported by abc.js
  • Math formulas: Math formula blocks, row-level math formulas, supported by MathJax and KaTeX
  • YAML Front Matter
  • Chinese context optimization
    • Insert space between Chinese and Western
    • Terminology spelling correction
    • Chinese followed by English comma period and other punctuation are replaced with Chinese corresponding punctuation

Most of the above features can be enabled or disabled through the switch configuration, developers can choose to match according to their own application scenarios.

🗃 Showcases

  • Sym A modern community (forum/BBS/SNS/blog) platform implemented in Java
  • Solo & Pipe B3log distributed community blog end node, welcome to join the next generation community network
  • Arya Based on Vue, Vditor, built online Markdown editor
  • More cases

🛠️ User Guide

CommonJS

  • Install dependencies
npm install vditor --save
  • Introduce and initialize objects in the code, you can refer to index.js
import Vditor from 'vditor'
import "~vditor/src/assets/less/index" // Or use dark

const vditor = new Vditor(id, {options...})

HTML script

  • Insert CSS and js in HTML, you can refer to demo
<!-- ⚠️Please specify the version number in the production environment, such as https://unpkg.com/vditor@x.x.x/dist... -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/vditor/dist/index.css" />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vditor/dist/index.min.js"></script>

Demo code

Themes

  • Support four sets of black and white themes: and-design, classic, dark, wechat
  • Use the less/css developed by yourself to fully customize the style after referring to the existing style
  • Theme colors can be customized by modifying variables in index.less
  • Adding class="vditor-reset" (classic theme) or class="vditor-reset vditor-reset--dark" (black theme) attribute on the content display element can display the content more friendly

API

id

Can be filled with element id or element itself HTMLElement

⚠️: When filling in the element's HTMLElement, you need to set options.cache.id or set options.cache.enable to false

options

Explanation Default
i18n I18n, more details see ITips -
undoDelay Undo interval -
after Callback method after editor asynchronous rendering is completed -
height Total editor height 'auto'
minHeight Editing area minimum height -
width Total editor width, supports % 'auto'
placeholder Tips when the input area is empty ''
lang I18n type: en_US, fr_FR, pt_BR, ja_JP, ko_KR, ru_RU, sv_SE, zh_CN, zh_TW 'zh_CN'
input Trigger after input (value: string) -
focus Trigger after focusing (value: string) -
blur Trigger after out of focus (value: string) -
keydown(event: KeyboardEvent) Trigger after keydown -
esc Trigger after pressing esc (value: string) -
ctrlEnter Trigger after pressing ⌘/ctrl+enter (value: string) -
select Triggered after selecting text in the editor (value: string) -
tab tab key operation string, support \ t and any string -
typewriterMode Whether to enable typewriter mode false
cdn Configure self-built CDN address https://unpkg.com/vditor@${VDITOR_VERSION}
mode Editing mode: sv, ir, wysiwyg 'ir'
debugger Whether to display the log false
value Editor initialization value ''
theme Theme: classic, dark 'classic'
icon icon theme: ant, material 'ant'
customRenders: {language: string, render: (element: HTMLElement, vditor: IVditor) => void}[] Custom render []

options.toolbar

  • Toolbar, you can use name for shorthand: toolbar: ['emoji', 'br', 'bold', '|', 'line']. See default src/ts/util/Options.ts
  • name can be enumerated as: emoji , headings , bold , italic , strike , | , line , quote , list , ordered-list , check ,outdent ,indent , code , inline-code, insert-after, insert-before, code-theme, content-theme, export, undo , redo , upload , link , table , record , edit-mode , both , preview , fullscreen , outline , devtools , info , help , br
  • When name is not in the enumeration, you can add a custom button in the following format:
new Vditor('vditor', {
  toolbar: [
    {
      hotkey: '⇧⌘S',
      name: 'sponsor',
      tipPosition: 's',
      tip: '成为赞助者',
      className: 'right',
      icon: '<svg t="1589994565028" class="icon" viewBox="0 0 1024 1024" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" p-id="2808" width="32" height="32"><path d="M506.6 423.6m-29.8 0a29.8 29.8 0 1 0 59.6 0 29.8 29.8 0 1 0-59.6 0Z" fill="#0F0F0F" p-id="2809"></path><path d="M717.8 114.5c-83.5 0-158.4 65.4-211.2 122-52.7-56.6-127.7-122-211.2-122-159.5 0-273.9 129.3-273.9 288.9C21.5 562.9 429.3 913 506.6 913s485.1-350.1 485.1-509.7c0.1-159.5-114.4-288.8-273.9-288.8z" fill="#FAFCFB" p-id="2810"></path><path d="M506.6 926c-22 0-61-20.1-116-59.6-51.5-37-109.9-86.4-164.6-139-65.4-63-217.5-220.6-217.5-324 0-81.4 28.6-157.1 80.6-213.1 53.2-57.2 126.4-88.8 206.3-88.8 40 0 81.8 14.1 124.2 41.9 28.1 18.4 56.6 42.8 86.9 74.2 30.3-31.5 58.9-55.8 86.9-74.2 42.5-27.8 84.3-41.9 124.2-41.9 79.9 0 153.2 31.5 206.3 88.8 52 56 80.6 131.7 80.6 213.1 0 103.4-152.1 261-217.5 324-54.6 52.6-113.1 102-164.6 139-54.8 39.5-93.8 59.6-115.8 59.6zM295.4 127.5c-72.6 0-139.1 28.6-187.3 80.4-47.5 51.2-73.7 120.6-73.7 195.4 0 64.8 78.3 178.9 209.6 305.3 53.8 51.8 111.2 100.3 161.7 136.6 56.1 40.4 88.9 54.8 100.9 54.8s44.7-14.4 100.9-54.8c50.5-36.3 108-84.9 161.7-136.6 131.2-126.4 209.6-240.5 209.6-305.3 0-74.9-26.2-144.2-73.7-195.4-48.2-51.9-114.7-80.4-187.3-80.4-61.8 0-127.8 38.5-201.7 117.9-2.5 2.6-5.9 4.1-9.5 4.1s-7.1-1.5-9.5-4.1C423.2 166 357.2 127.5 295.4 127.5z" fill="#141414" p-id="2811"></path><path d="M353.9 415.6m-33.8 0a33.8 33.8 0 1 0 67.6 0 33.8 33.8 0 1 0-67.6 0Z" fill="#0F0F0F" p-id="2812"></path><path d="M659.3 415.6m-33.8 0a33.8 33.8 0 1 0 67.6 0 33.8 33.8 0 1 0-67.6 0Z" fill="#0F0F0F" p-id="2813"></path><path d="M411.6 538.5c0 52.3 42.8 95 95 95 52.3 0 95-42.8 95-95v-31.7h-190v31.7z" fill="#5B5143" p-id="2814"></path><path d="M506.6 646.5c-59.6 0-108-48.5-108-108v-31.7c0-7.2 5.8-13 13-13h190.1c7.2 0 13 5.8 13 13v31.7c0 59.5-48.5 108-108.1 108z m-82-126.7v18.7c0 45.2 36.8 82 82 82s82-36.8 82-82v-18.7h-164z" fill="#141414" p-id="2815"></path><path d="M450.4 578.9a54.7 27.5 0 1 0 109.4 0 54.7 27.5 0 1 0-109.4 0Z" fill="#EA64F9" p-id="2816"></path><path d="M256 502.7a32.1 27.5 0 1 0 64.2 0 32.1 27.5 0 1 0-64.2 0Z" fill="#EFAFF9" p-id="2817"></path><path d="M703.3 502.7a32.1 27.5 0 1 0 64.2 0 32.1 27.5 0 1 0-64.2 0Z" fill="#EFAFF9" p-id="2818"></path></svg>',
      click () {alert('捐赠地址:https://ld246.com/sponsor')},
    }],
})
Explanation Default
name Unique label -
icon svg icon -
tip Prompt -
tipPosition Prompt location: 'n', 'ne', 'nw', 's', 'se', 'sw', 'w', 'e' -
hotkey Shortcut keys, support 为⇧⌘//⌥⌘ format configuration -
suffix Insert the suffix in the editor -
prefix Insert the prefix in the editor -
click(event: Event, vditor: IVditor) Custom event triggered when button is clicked -
className Style name ''
toolbar?: Array<options.toolbar> sub menu -

options.toolbarConfig

Explanation Default
hide Whether to hide the toolbar false
pin Whether to pin the toolbar false

options.counter

Explanation Default
enable Whether to use counter false
after(length: number, counter: options.counter): void After count callback -
max max counter -
type counter type: 'markdown', 'text' 'markdown'

options.cache

Explanation Default
enable Whether to use localStorage for caching true
id Cache key, the first parameter is an element and when caching is enabled required -
after cache callback (markdown: string) -

options.comment

⚠️: Only supports wysiwyg mode

Explanation Default
enable Whether to enable comment mode false
add(id: string, text: string, commentsData: ICommentsData[]) Add comment callback -
remove(ids: string[]) delete comment callback -
scroll(top: number) Scroll callback -
adjustTop(commentsData: ICommentsData[]) Adapt the comment height -

options.preview

Explanation Default
delay Preview debounce millisecond interval 1000
maxWidth Preview area maximum width 800
mode Display mode: both, editor 'both'
url md parsing request -
parse Preview callback (element: HTMLElement) -
transform Callback before rendering (html: string): string -

options.preview.theme

Explanation Default
current current Markdown Theme "light"
list Choose Markdown Theme List { "ant-design": "Ant Design", dark: "Dark", light: "Light", wechat: "WeChat" }
path CSS Path https://unpkg.com/vditor@${VDITOR_VERSION}/dist/css/content-theme

options.preview.hljs

Explanation Default
defaultLang The language is used by default when no language is specified ''
enable Whether to enable code syntax highlighting true
style For optional values, see Chroma github
lineNumber Whether to enable line number false
langs Custom languages CODE_LANGUAGES
renderMenu(code: HTMLElement, copy: HTMLElement) render menu button -

options.preview.markdown

Explanation Default
autoSpace Autospace false
gfmAutoLink Automatic link true
fixTermTypo Automatically correct terminology false
toc Insert Table of Contents false
footnotes Footnotes true
codeBlockPreview Whether to render code blocks in wysiwyg and ir modes true
mathBlockPreview Whether to render math blocks in wysiwyg and ir modes true
paragraphBeginningSpace Two spaces before the paragraph false
sanitize Use XSS true
listStyle add data-style attribute false
linkBase link relative path prefix ''
linkPrefix link prefix ''
mark enable mark tag false

options.preview.math

Explanation Default
inlineDigit Whether numbers are allowed after the inline math formula starting with $ false
macros Macro definition passed in when rendering with MathJax {}
engine Math formula rendering engine: KaTeX, MathJax 'KaTeX'
mathJaxOptions Parameters when the math formula rendering engine is MathJax -

options.preview.actions

Default: ["desktop", "tablet", "mobile", "mp-wechat", "zhihu"]

Explanation Default
key Custom action ID, not Empty. -
tooltip Tooltip -
text Button Text -
className Button Class -
click(key: string) Click Event -

options.preview.render.media

Explanation Default
enable Whether to enable multimedia render true

options.image

Explanation Default
isPreview Whether to preview the picture true
preview(bom: Element) => void Image preview processing -

options.link

Explanation Default
isOpen Whether to open the link address true
click(bom: Element) => void Click link event -

options.hint

Explanation Default
parse Whether to perform md parsing true
delay Tip debounce millisecond interval 200
emoji The default emoji can be selected from lute/emoji_map, or can be customized { '+1': '👍', '-1': '👎', 'heart': '❤️', 'cold_sweat': '😰' }
emojiTail Common emoji -
emojiPath Emoji path https://unpkg.com/vditor@${VDITOR_VERSION}/dist/images/emoji
extend: IHintExtend[] @/# and other keyword auto-completion expansion []
interface IHintData {
  html: string;
  value: string;
}

interface IHintExtend {
  key: string;

  hint?(value: string): IHintData[] | Promise<IHintData[]>;
}

options.upload

  • The data structure of the file upload is as follows. When the data structure returned by the backend is inconsistent, you can use format for conversion.
// POST data
xhr.send(formData);  // formData = FormData.append("file[]", File)
// return data
{
 "msg": "",
 "code": 0,
 "data": {
 "errFiles": ['filename', 'filename2'],
 "succMap": {
   "filename3": "filepath3",
   "filename3": "filepath3"
   }
 }
}
  • In order to prevent the off-site pictures from being invalid, linkToImgUrl can transfer the off-site picture addresses in the clipboard to the server for saving and processing. The data structure is as follows:
// POST data
xhr.send(JSON.stringify({url: src})); // src is the address of the image outside the station
// return data
{
 msg: '',
 code: 0,
 data : {
   originalURL: '',
   url: ''
 }
}
Explanation Default
url Upload url, empty will not trigger upload related events ''
max The largest upload file Byte 10 * 1024 * 1024
linkToImgUrl When the clipboard contains the image address, use this url to re-upload ''
linkToImgCallback Callback when uploading picture address -
linkToImgFormat Transform the data returned by the server to meet the built-in data structure (responseText: string): string -
success Upload success callback (editor: HTMLPreElement, msg: string) -
error Upload failure callback (msg: string) -
token CORS upload verification, header is X-Upload-Token -
withCredentials Cross-site access control false
headers Request header settings -
filename Sanitizing file names (name: string): string | name => name.replace(/\W/g, '')
accept File upload type, same as input accept -
validate Check, return true if successful, otherwise return error message (files: File[]) => string | boolean -
handler(files: File[]) => string | null | Promise | Promise Custom upload, return error message when an error occurs -
format Transform the data returned by the server to meet the built-in data structure (files: File[], responseText: string): string -
file(files: File[]): File[] | Promise<File[]> Process the uploaded file before return. -
setHeaders Use the return value to set the header before uploading (): { [key: string]: string } -
extraData Append data to FormData { [key: string]: string Blob }
multiple Allow multiple file uploads true
fieldName The key of field name file[]
renderLinkDest?(vditor: IVditor, node: ILuteNode, entering: boolean): [string, number] Process the image address in the clipboard ''

options.resize

Explanation Default
enable Whether to support size drag false
position Drag column position: 'top', 'bottom' 'bottom'
after Callback when dragging ends (height: number) -

options.classes

Explanation Default
preview Preview on the element className ''

options.fullscreen

Explanation Default
index fullscreen index 90

options.outline

Explanation Default
enable Initialize whether to show outline false
position Outline location: 'left', 'right' 'left'

methods

Explanation
exportJSON(markdown: string) Get JSON by markdown
getValue() Get editor content
getHTML() Get preview area content
insertValue(value: string, render = true) Insert content at the focus and markdown rendering by default
focus() Focus on the editor
blur() Make the editor out of focus
disabled() Disable editor
enable() Unedit editor
getSelection(): string Returns the selected string
setValue(markdown: string, clearStack = false) Set editor content
clearStack() remove undo and redo stack
renderPreview(value?: string) Set preview area content
getCursorPosition():{top: number, left: number} Get focus position
deleteValue() Delete selected content
updateValue(value: string) Update selected content
isUploading() Whether the upload is still in progress
clearCache() clear cache
disabledCache() Disable cache
enableCache() Enable caching
html2md(value: string) HTML to md
tip(text: string, time: number) notification. time is 0 will always display
setPreviewMode(mode: "both" | "editor") Set preview mode
setTheme(theme: "dark" "classic", contentTheme?: string, codeTheme?: string, contentThemePath?: string)
getCurrentMode(): string Get the editor's current editing mode
destroy() Destroy the vditor
getCommentIds(): {id: string, top: number}[] Get all comments
hlCommentIds(ids: string[]) Highlight comment by Ids
unHlCommentIds(ids: string[]) Cancel highlight comment by Ids
removeCommentIds(removeIds: string[]) Remove comment by Ids
updateToolbarConfig(config: {hide?: boolean, pin?: boolean}) Update toolbar config

static methods

  • When no editing operation is required, just introduce method.min.js and directly call
Vditor.mermaidRender(document)
import VditorPreview from 'vditor/dist/method.min'
VditorPreview.mermaidRender(document)
  • When you need to render Markdown on the page, you can directly call the preview method with the following parameters:
previewElement: HTMLDivElement,   // Use this element for rendering
markdown: string,  // The original markdown to be rendered
options?: IPreviewOptions {
  mode: "dark" | "light";
  anchor?: number;  // 0: no render, 1: render left, 2: render right
  customEmoji?: { [key: string]: string };    // Custom emoji, default is {}
  lang?: (keyof II18nLang);    // Language, default is 'zh_CN'
  emojiPath?: string;    // Emoji picture path
  hljs?: IHljs; // Refer to options.preview.hljs
  speech?: {  // Read the selected content
    enable?: boolean,
  };
  math?: IMath; // Math formula rendering configuration
  transform?(html: string): string; // Callback method before rendering
  after?(); // Callback method after rendering
  cdn?: string; // Self-built CDN address
  lazyLoadImage?: string; // use "https://unpkg.com/vditor/dist/images/img-loading.svg" to lazy load image
  markdown?: options.preview.markdown;
  render?: options.preview.render;
  renderers?: ILuteRender; // Custom rendering method https://ld246.com/article/1588412297062
}
  • ⚠️method.min.js and index.min.js cannot be introduced at the same time
Explanation
previewImage(oldImgElement: HTMLImageElement, lang: keyof II18n = "zh_CN", theme = "classic") Click on the image to preview
mermaidRender(element: HTMLElement, cdn = options.cdn, theme = options.theme) flowchart/sequence diagram/gantt diagram rendering
SMILESRender(element: HTMLElement, cdn = options.cdn, theme = options.theme) the structure of chemical
markmapRender(element: HTMLElement, cdn = options.cdn) markdown Mind Map
flowchartRender(element: HTMLElement, cdn = options.cdn) flowchart.js rendering
codeRender(element: HTMLElement, option?: IHljs) Add a copy button for the code block in element
chartRender(element: (HTMLElement| Document) = document, cdn = options.cdn, theme = options.theme) Chart rendering
plantumlRender(element: (HTMLElement| Document) = document, cdn = options.cdn) plantuml rendering
abcRender(element: (HTMLElement| Document) = document, cdn = options.cdn) Stave rendering
outlineRender(contentElement: HTMLElement, targetElement: Element, vditor?: IVditor) Outline rendering
md2html(mdText: string, options?: IPreviewOptions): Promise<string> Markdown text is converted to HTML, this method needs to use asynchronous programming
preview(previewElement: HTMLDivElement, markdown: string, options?: IPreviewOptions) Page Markdown article rendering
highlightRender(hljsOption?: IHljs, element?: HTMLElement | Document, cdn = options.cdn) Highlight the code block in element
mediaRender(element: HTMLElement) Rendering as specific link as video, audio, embedded iframe
mathRender(element: HTMLElement, options?: {cdn?: string, math?: IMath}) Render math formulas
speechRender(element: HTMLElement, lang?: (keyof II18nLang)) Read the selected text
graphvizRender(element: HTMLElement, cdn?: string) Render graphviz
lazyLoadImageRender(element: (HTMLElement | Document) = document) Render lazy load image
setCodeTheme (codeTheme: string, cdn = options.cdn) update code theme
setContentTheme (contentTheme: string, path: string) update content theme
mindmapRender (element: (HTMLElement | Document) = document, cdn = options.cdn, theme = options.theme) Render mind map

🏗 Developer Guide

Principle related

Environment

  1. Install node LTS version
  2. Download latest code and unzip
  3. Run npm install in the root directory
  4. npm run start Start the local server, open http: // localhost: 9000
  5. Modify the code
  6. npm run build package code to dist directory

CDN switch

Due to the on-demand loading mechanism, the default CDN is https://unpkg.com/vditor@version number

If the code is modified or you need to use a self-built CDN, you can follow the steps below:

  • The initial options and IPreviewOptions need to add cdn configuration
  • highlightRender, mathRender, abcRender, chartRender, mermaidRender, SMILESRender, markmapRender, flowchartRender, mindmapRender, plantumlRender, graphvizRender, setCodeTheme, setContentTheme methods need to add cdn parameter
  • Copy the dist directory in the successful build or jsDelivr to the correct location

Upgrade

Please read CHANGELOG carefully when upgrading the version.

Ⓜ️ Markdown User Guide

🏘️ Community

📄 License

Vditor uses the MIT open source license.

🙏 Acknowledgement

  • Lute: A structured Markdown engine that supports Go and JavaScript
  • highlight.js: JavaScript syntax highlighter
  • mermaid: Generation of diagram and flowchart from text in a similar manner as Markdown
  • incubator-echarts: A powerful, interactive charting and visualization library for browser
  • abcjs: JavaScript library for rendering standard music notation in a browser
  • IntelliJ IDEA: Family of capable and ergonomic development environments

📽️ History

In the initial stage of developing Sym, we directly used WYSIWYG rich text editor. At that time, HTML-based editors were very popular, and it was very convenient to quote them in the project, which also conformed to the usage habits of users at that time.

Later, the rise of Markdown gradually changed everyone's typography. In addition, several of our other projects are for programmer users, so it is also a general trend to migrate to md. We chose CodeMirror, which is an excellent editor, it provides a rich programming interface for developers, and is also compatible with various browsers. it is good.

Later, as the business needs of our projects have precipitated, using CodeMirror sometimes feels more "cumbersome." For example, to implement @automatically complete the user name list, insert Emoji, upload files, etc., it requires more in-depth secondary development, and these business requirements are precisely common and necessary in many project scenarios.

Finally, we decided to start implementing the editor ourselves in Sym. With the iterations of several versions, Sym's editor has matured. In the community LianDi that we operate, people have asked us if we can separate the editor for everyone to use. At the same time, our front-end main programmer V also felt a little bit overwhelmed with maintaining the editors scattered in various projects, plus a good impression of TypeScript, so I decided Use ts to implement a new browser-side md editor.

So, Vditor was born.